Kim Ki-duk has a reputation. If one isn’t directly familiar with the filmmaker’s complex, confrontational work, it likely sounds ugly and abject. It can be. For audiences of a certain taste however, the director’s filmography is also layered with horror, experimentation and terrifically dark comedy.

Behold, Fantastic Fest approaches. The annual Austin festival devoted to all things cinematically wild is a special haven for genre lovers, cinema lovers and really great vibes. This year is poised to be even more so as the fest celebrates its tenth anniversary, as well as the grand re-opening of Fantastic Fest HQ, the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Only a week away, the final wave of programming has been revealed and includes the annual Fantastic Debates, an epic closing night party and of course, some very exciting titles.

Partnering with the likes of RADiUS and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, horror producer Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions are launching further into the realm of VOD and limited theatrical release with new label BH Tilt.

HERE COMES THE DEVIL filmmakers Adrian Garcia Bogliano and Andrea Quiroz have teamed with Mexican journalist and first time director Christian Cueva for JIRÓN, a doc on the last, lost film of Mexican horror master Carlos Enrique Taboada. Fango is proud to bring first word on the film, which will make its World Premiere this fall at Mexico’s Morbido Film Festival.

This Friday sees the theatrical release of Nicholas McCarthy’s AT THE DEVIL’S DOOR, an eerie, ambitious and offbeat Satanic creeper. In celebration, McCarthy, who helmed indie hit THE PACT, will be in attendance at New York City’s IFC CENTER (323 Avenue of the Americas) for the film’s 11:15 p.m. screening, taking questions and getting you in the mood for the film’s vibes. Want to go, free?

You’ve not seen a medium like this. Ben Steiner’s THE STOMACH, likely described as a genre hybrid and seamless in being such, is a fantastic and fantastical piece of work. Whereas spiritualists and psychic mediums are often romanticized, or at the very least cast in a more classical horror light, this stark short presents a harsher, sadder existence. One where the gift manifests in a strange, abject manner and the person its bestowed on is at the mercy of those with nefarious needs.

As audiences hope for found footage titles to play with the aesthetic, INNER DEMONS joins this year’s DELIVERY in taking the perspective of a reality television show gone disastrous. And it isn’t as typical as a series starring paranormal investigators.

New Zealand vampire comedy WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS—written and directed by, and starring Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi—is unreal funny. It’s an audience picture through and through. I’ve seen the film three times at two separate festivals and watched crowds get rightfully uproarious at this rich, hilarious mock doc on bloodsucking roommates making their way in modern Wellington. Why it’s taken so long to secure a U.S. release is beyond me, but the good news is here.

The directorial debut of graphic designer Ryan Brookhart and premiere release from genre company Terror Films, TRACE is a film rooted in aural terror and the phenomenon known as EVP. Appropriately then, the first teaser for the film gives you a taste of TRACE through the sounds of terror.

In the LAST WITCH HUNTER, Vin Diesel takes on the title role, essaying an immortal who does battle with witches in modern day NYC. Though the first image purports to show us Kaulder (said witch hunter) in the 13th century, let’s hope he didn’t make too many changes to this barbarous kit he’s rocking.